Rule holder



H. L.` CUSICK.

RULE HOLDER.

i APPLICATION FILED MAY l, |920. 1,403,942, Patented Jam.17,1922.

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HYLAND L. CUSIK, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

RULE HOLDER.

To all io/wm 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HYLAND L. CUsioii, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburgh, inthe county of Alleglieny and State of Pennsylvania7 have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rule Holders, of which the .follewing is a specification..

The present invention relates tol rule holders, and has several advantageousfeatures which are new and useful. My invention is devised so that it can be iirmly attached to an ordinary two foot rule, andV be in-` serted in the hip-pocket of a mechanic with-V out raising his eyes from the workin which lie may be engaged at the time. Another advantageous feature is the fact that my device holds the rule securely in the one corner of the pocket, and prevents the rule vfrom getting eross-wise in the pocket, while still another feature of my invention is the means used to yieldingly hold the rule in the pocket,

` all of which will Vbe more'fully described hereinafter in this specification.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification I have' illust-rated one complete example, and a'inodiication of my invention, constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the praetieal application of the principles of my invention.

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a rule held in position in a pocket, by means of my invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse section on line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a side View of the invention in large detail.

Figure 4 is a side View of Figure 3, taken from the right of same.

Figure 5 is a top or plan view of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a side elevational view of a modification of my invention illustrating an ornamental feature of same.

The numeral 1 indicates a rule, and 2 the bent metal clasp forming my invention. The latter is provided with a head 8 having two opposed flanges 4, 5 formed preferably integral with the portion 6, and having corrugations 7, 7 adapted to grip the sides of the rule 1 as shown in Figure 1. It is also seen that the metal of the head 3 should be of sufficient thickness and of some springing tension between the'anges 4 and 5, so that when once the clip 2 is adjusted in proper position on the rule, it will be next Specification of Letters Patent. 1 Pafented JaIL 17, 1922 Application filed May l, 1920. Serial No. 378,295.

to impossible to remove it therefrom, the height selected on thel rule depending as seen from Figure 1 on the particular depth of the pocket 8 under consideration, as is readily understood. The head 2 is also pro vided with proper markings 10 to corre.- spond with the gradations on the rule, so that no indicated space is lost when using the rule, and thus avoiding the necessity of sliding the clasp 2 along the edge of the rule. as would otherwise be necessary. The metal holder 2 has a downwardly extending resilient arm 11, formed preferably integral with the portion 6,. and having a bent or curved portion 12, to provide a space 13 into which the material of the pocket 8 lodges between arm 11 and the edge 14 of the rule. The arm 11 has near its lower' extremity, a returned end 15,` which is spring-like in its nature, and as shown clearly in the drawings this returned portion 15 passes through an aperture 16 formed in the. arm 11 and has also a lip-shaped terminal 17 of shape shown in Figures 3, 4 and 5. The purpose of the terminal 17 and spring end 15 is to enable the arm l1 to yieldingly grip the material of the pocket 8 as illustrated in Figure l, and at the same time permit the removal of the rule as soon as the lip 17 is pressed outward and downward by the thumb of the user. One of the principal features of the invention in hand is that by means of my device with a little preliminary practice and familiarity with the device, a mechanic can without turning his head to look around engage' the end 15 over the edge 1S of the pocket 8 when placing the rule 1 in the latter, the spring 19 at ence gripping the pocket material between its face 2O and the face of the rule 14; and it is further seen that as the rule is placed in the corner of the pocket as illustrated in Figure 2, the edge of the pocket at 1S is curved around the sharp corner 21 of the rule 1, and while in this position the clasp or clip 2 prevents the rule from getting away from the corner of the pocket, and getting cross-wise in the pocket as is illustrated by the dotted lines 22. This latter feature is common when many of the clips at present in use are used, that is to say that such clips in that they do not secure thel rule to the coi-ner of the,

pocket, thereby permit the rule to become cross-wise in the pocket, and this is one of the disadvantages my type of clip seeks to overcome. From which it is seen that my clasp or clip not only secures the rule in the pocket when the user bends over or stoops down for an purpose, which is the usual purpose ot cli ps of the kind under consideration, but that my clip holds the rule upright in the pocket, and on account ot' the clip being on the edge 14: or" the rule, ratherl than on the tace 23, the user simply places the end 24 in the pocket, makes a movement to the right until edge 14 is arrested by the corner 18 of the pocket 8, and then makes a downward movement until the bottom of the pocket is reached, the spring l5, engaging readily over the edge 18 of the pocket without any attention. In removing the rule from the pocket it there is any tendenoy igor the rule to stick7 or adhere to the cloth oi' the pocket, as sometimes happens with goods of thick material, it is evident that a slight pressure outward,.and downward on the lip 17 at once releases the rule, and permits its removal from the pocket.

In connection with what has been said with reference to the rule getting cross-wise in the pocket when no clip is used such as the present invention, it is seen that when the pocket 8 is of suilicient depth as to be say three-quarters the length of vthe rule, in this case the upper end 25 of the rule often gets wedged under the thickened edge 26 of the pocket and when so wedged in the rule l, is extremely hard to dislodge, and the more so if the pocket happens to be a hip-pocket.2

:y This last described situation cannot occur when my invention is attached to the rule, as is quite readily appreciated.

The modication shown in Figure 6 of the drawings illustrates the point that these clips can be ornamented if desired invarious ways, such as that shown, in which the opposed flangesV 4l, 5V are perforated, or decorated by enamel. designs or the like, which add to the attractiveness of the clip.

I claim: Y

l. A rule holder provided with ahead, and a downwardly extending arm with al slotformed therein, a returned resilient end on said arm having a reduced width portion adapted to reciprocate' within the arm slot, and a lip-shaped terminal on the said returned end for disengaging the reduced width portion of the resilient end from a garment-pocket.

, 2. A rule holder having means for .attachment to the edge face of a rule, and a downwardly extending arm provided with a slot,

an S-shaped returned and resilient. end on said arm, a reduced width portion on the returned end reciprocally operating within the arm slot, anda widened and lipshaped terminal on the said returned end for actuating the reduced width portion of the latter. 3. A rule kholder having a downwardly extending arm with a slot therein, an S- shaped returned and resilient end on said arm adapted to reciprocate within'the arm slot, and a widened lip-shaped terminal on the returned end for disengaging'the .latter from a garment-pocket..

In testimony whereof I- aiiix In siofnature.

HYLAND L. i Usion. Witnesses: Y WILLIAM A. HIRTLE, DAVID STONEGIPHER., 

